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Published on Apr 15, 2008.
Last Modified on Apr 15, 2008.
Last Modified by Mitch Tulloch.
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Where can you find the Sysprep.exe utility in Vista?

In previous versions of Microsoft Windows, the System Preparation Tool (sysprep.exe) was found in the Deployment.cab file on your product CD. If you’ve examined the Vista DVD however, there’s no such cabinet file present.

So where can you find sysprep now? Turns out, it’s included in the operating system itself now at the following location:

%windir%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe

You can run the tool either from the command line using various switches (type sysprep /? to learn more about these) or you can double-click on the executable and run the GUI version of the tool.

About Mitch Tulloch

Mitch Tulloch was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press, which is the book for IT pros who want to deploy, maintain and support Windows Vista in mid- and large-sized network environments. Mitch was also the author of Introducing Windows Server 2008 and technical project lead for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, both books also from Microsoft Press. For more information on these and other books by Mitch, see www.mtit.com .